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"While “Who Counts?” focuses on international projects, its take-home lessons resonate with anyone working on engaging community. Some of the methodologies described would be easily transferred to domestic settings, and could be an improvement on the way we are engaging (particularly in non-urban settings).
The book is worth a look, even for those of us not in international development."More + / --
Jocelyn Hittle, Associate Director
, PlaceMatters

People are filthy creatures, and any well-planned city should take this into account. The Challenges of Urban Ecological Sanitation discusses urban planning and the role that improving sanitation plays in achieving community harmony. Focusing on the projects of Erdos Eco-Town Project, a city in
Inner Mongolia, China, the authors present an educated and insightful lesson on taking improvements and a better example for future projects. "The Challenges of Urban Ecological Sanitation" is a strongly recommended addition to urban planning and social issues collections.More + / --
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
, Library Bookwatch

"In this crucial text for researchers and professionals interested in "development", the contributors make a compelling case for the need to consider how key words and phrases, such as "citizenship," "empowerment," "human rights," and "peace building" are use (and abused) by individuals and institutions."
Summing Up: Highly Recommended"More + / --
Choice

"Overall, Aid, NGOs and the Realities of Women’s Lives offers an accessible and politically astute introduction to the current state of international development policy and practice. It challenges readers to think critically about how neoliberal ideologies inflect international development (and
human services more generally), about development managerialism, and about the unacknowledged pitfalls of the current rush to empower girls and women."More + / --
Jeanne Marecek and Cynthia Caron
, PsycCRITIQUES